Angelique Allen
@vangeliqueallen.bsky.social
Octopus researcher and science communicator in Cris Niell's lab @ University of Oregon
Author of Dreams of a Scientists: Lessons from the Sea
www.dreamsofascientist.com
Author of Dreams of a Scientists: Lessons from the Sea
www.dreamsofascientist.com
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For our last day of @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek we are sharing our first page reveal for our book, Dreams of a Scientist: Lessons from the Sea.
September 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
For our last day of @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek we are sharing our first page reveal for our book, Dreams of a Scientist: Lessons from the Sea.
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We’re combining science and art into double-sided cards featuring local scientists and leaving them at local coffee shops and breweries. Want to be featured or nominate a scientist? Fill out this interest survey by Sept 28th: forms.gle/CsTDjisunDMo...
September 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We’re combining science and art into double-sided cards featuring local scientists and leaving them at local coffee shops and breweries. Want to be featured or nominate a scientist? Fill out this interest survey by Sept 28th: forms.gle/CsTDjisunDMo...
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For day 3 of @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek we are featuring Horst Obenhaus, a friend and scientist studying octopus sleep at @mblscience.bsky.social!
Octopus Video credit to Horst🐙💤
#dreamsofascientist #scientiststory #marinescience #octopus #science
Octopus Video credit to Horst🐙💤
#dreamsofascientist #scientiststory #marinescience #octopus #science
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
For day 3 of @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek we are featuring Horst Obenhaus, a friend and scientist studying octopus sleep at @mblscience.bsky.social!
Octopus Video credit to Horst🐙💤
#dreamsofascientist #scientiststory #marinescience #octopus #science
Octopus Video credit to Horst🐙💤
#dreamsofascientist #scientiststory #marinescience #octopus #science
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We kicked off @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek yesterday with @invertebabe.bsky.social! We will be sharing ceph scientist stories all week, but first: who are our cephalopods, and why study them?
September 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We kicked off @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek yesterday with @invertebabe.bsky.social! We will be sharing ceph scientist stories all week, but first: who are our cephalopods, and why study them?
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Excited to see @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and I’s seltzers at the @researchamerica.bsky.social National Health Research Forum next week!
@sciforgood.bsky.social ‘s pilot sites (11 sites across the country) are working hard to make this happen in their local communities!
@sciforgood.bsky.social ‘s pilot sites (11 sites across the country) are working hard to make this happen in their local communities!
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Excited to see @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and I’s seltzers at the @researchamerica.bsky.social National Health Research Forum next week!
@sciforgood.bsky.social ‘s pilot sites (11 sites across the country) are working hard to make this happen in their local communities!
@sciforgood.bsky.social ‘s pilot sites (11 sites across the country) are working hard to make this happen in their local communities!
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Our Made in Your Community project has been co-created by @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and @bridgetsquidget.bsky.social , who is also one of the illustrators behind the double-sided cards.
You can learn more about our initiative on our website: www.dreamsofascientist.com/made-in-your...
You can learn more about our initiative on our website: www.dreamsofascientist.com/made-in-your...
August 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our Made in Your Community project has been co-created by @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and @bridgetsquidget.bsky.social , who is also one of the illustrators behind the double-sided cards.
You can learn more about our initiative on our website: www.dreamsofascientist.com/made-in-your...
You can learn more about our initiative on our website: www.dreamsofascientist.com/made-in-your...
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ICYMI: Three animal groups have vision sharp enough to detect objects—vertebrates, arthropods and cephalopods—but only the first two have been studied. A lab in Oregon is changing that.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroethology
www.thetransmitter.org/vision/cepha...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroethology
www.thetransmitter.org/vision/cepha...
Cephalopods, vision’s next frontier
For decades, scientists have been teased by the strange but inaccessible cephalopod visual system. Now, thanks to a technological breakthrough from a lab in Oregon, data are finally coming straight…
www.thetransmitter.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
ICYMI: Three animal groups have vision sharp enough to detect objects—vertebrates, arthropods and cephalopods—but only the first two have been studied. A lab in Oregon is changing that.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroethology
www.thetransmitter.org/vision/cepha...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroethology
www.thetransmitter.org/vision/cepha...
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How do you connect people in the city to the sea, or people in the mountains to space? And how do you engage them both in science?
Come hear how @skypeascientist.bsky.social and Jimmy Negus used large scale art to do exact that this Friday (05/9) at 9am PST!
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Come hear how @skypeascientist.bsky.social and Jimmy Negus used large scale art to do exact that this Friday (05/9) at 9am PST!
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How do you connect people in the city to the sea, or people in the mountains to space? And how do you engage them both in science?
Come hear how @skypeascientist.bsky.social and Jimmy Negus used large scale art to do exact that this Friday (05/9) at 9am PST!
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Come hear how @skypeascientist.bsky.social and Jimmy Negus used large scale art to do exact that this Friday (05/9) at 9am PST!
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Looking for ideas on how to introduce elementary and middle schoolers to different scientific model organisms?
Tune into our SCOPE panel this Thursday 10 PST to learn how Edward Chen teamed up with libraries to show students swimming zebrafish and growing E. coli.
Sign up: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Tune into our SCOPE panel this Thursday 10 PST to learn how Edward Chen teamed up with libraries to show students swimming zebrafish and growing E. coli.
Sign up: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Looking for ideas on how to introduce elementary and middle schoolers to different scientific model organisms?
Tune into our SCOPE panel this Thursday 10 PST to learn how Edward Chen teamed up with libraries to show students swimming zebrafish and growing E. coli.
Sign up: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Tune into our SCOPE panel this Thursday 10 PST to learn how Edward Chen teamed up with libraries to show students swimming zebrafish and growing E. coli.
Sign up: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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"The grant was created by the first Trump administration to foster a new generation of diverse scientists in biomedical research, then defunded in the second Trump administration's ongoing purge of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs."
www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers
The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.
www.wxxinews.org
April 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"The grant was created by the first Trump administration to foster a new generation of diverse scientists in biomedical research, then defunded in the second Trump administration's ongoing purge of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs."
www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
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Here's a database from UCLA on Non-NIH funding opportunities ranging from grad students to faculty from a wide range of biological and medical disciplines: biofund.healthsciences.ucla.edu/crt-funding/...
BioFund - a Non-NIH Funding Database | crt-funding
biofund.healthsciences.ucla.edu
April 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Here's a database from UCLA on Non-NIH funding opportunities ranging from grad students to faculty from a wide range of biological and medical disciplines: biofund.healthsciences.ucla.edu/crt-funding/...
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Do you want to share your science with your community, but don't know where to start?
Then mark your calendars for the next SCOPE panel! We will be talking with Edward and Margot about how they teamed up with libraries to inspire the next generation.
See you on zoom May 1st at 10am PST/1pm EST.
Then mark your calendars for the next SCOPE panel! We will be talking with Edward and Margot about how they teamed up with libraries to inspire the next generation.
See you on zoom May 1st at 10am PST/1pm EST.
April 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Do you want to share your science with your community, but don't know where to start?
Then mark your calendars for the next SCOPE panel! We will be talking with Edward and Margot about how they teamed up with libraries to inspire the next generation.
See you on zoom May 1st at 10am PST/1pm EST.
Then mark your calendars for the next SCOPE panel! We will be talking with Edward and Margot about how they teamed up with libraries to inspire the next generation.
See you on zoom May 1st at 10am PST/1pm EST.
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if you are a federal health worker who was laid off today and you'd be interested in sharing your story with Defector, please reach out! I would love to hear from you.
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88
April 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
if you are a federal health worker who was laid off today and you'd be interested in sharing your story with Defector, please reach out! I would love to hear from you.
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88
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Course updates! ⚠️ Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis is REOPENING applications (deadline March 31), and Visual Neuroscience is EXTENDING applications (deadline April 1).
Flyers below ⤵️ Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4acDH2V
#ScienceStartsHere
Flyers below ⤵️ Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4acDH2V
#ScienceStartsHere
March 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Course updates! ⚠️ Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis is REOPENING applications (deadline March 31), and Visual Neuroscience is EXTENDING applications (deadline April 1).
Flyers below ⤵️ Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4acDH2V
#ScienceStartsHere
Flyers below ⤵️ Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4acDH2V
#ScienceStartsHere
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I had the best time chatting with Sabrina Imbler (@sabs.bsky.social), an incredible science writer and author, and Angelique (@vangeliqueallen.bsky.social), a scientist and passionate science communicator making her podcast debut! 🎙️
March 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I had the best time chatting with Sabrina Imbler (@sabs.bsky.social), an incredible science writer and author, and Angelique (@vangeliqueallen.bsky.social), a scientist and passionate science communicator making her podcast debut! 🎙️
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
Do you want to get hands-on training in visual neuroscience techniques? @traceofpink.bsky.social and I will be teaching students how to record from the octopus visual system, as seen in this video, at the @mblscience.bsky.social vision course!
Apply by this Wednesday: join.mbl.edu/register/?id...
Apply by this Wednesday: join.mbl.edu/register/?id...
March 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Do you want to get hands-on training in visual neuroscience techniques? @traceofpink.bsky.social and I will be teaching students how to record from the octopus visual system, as seen in this video, at the @mblscience.bsky.social vision course!
Apply by this Wednesday: join.mbl.edu/register/?id...
Apply by this Wednesday: join.mbl.edu/register/?id...
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Ever thought about sharing your research creatively? 🎨🍻
Join @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social & me (@science-scope.bsky.social) for a Scientific Beer Label Workshop on April 6, 12–3 PM at Steel String Brewery (Carrboro, NC)!
Space is limited! Register by March 31!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social & me (@science-scope.bsky.social) for a Scientific Beer Label Workshop on April 6, 12–3 PM at Steel String Brewery (Carrboro, NC)!
Space is limited! Register by March 31!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Scientific Beer Label Workshop with SCOPE
Ever thought about sharing your research in a creative way? Join us for a scientific beer label-making workshop on Sunday, April 6th, from 12:00–3:00 PM at Steel String Brewery in Carrboro, NC.
We’ll ...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Ever thought about sharing your research creatively? 🎨🍻
Join @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social & me (@science-scope.bsky.social) for a Scientific Beer Label Workshop on April 6, 12–3 PM at Steel String Brewery (Carrboro, NC)!
Space is limited! Register by March 31!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social & me (@science-scope.bsky.social) for a Scientific Beer Label Workshop on April 6, 12–3 PM at Steel String Brewery (Carrboro, NC)!
Space is limited! Register by March 31!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Interested in vision? Want to spend 2 summer weeks on my favorite little science island? Apply to the MBL vision course!!!!!
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Visual Neuroscience | Marine Biological Laboratory
Experience hands-on training in modern visual neuroscience techniques in the new Visual Neuroscience course. Join us for a life-changing experience learning the visual system - and return home with te...
www.mbl.edu
March 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Interested in vision? Want to spend 2 summer weeks on my favorite little science island? Apply to the MBL vision course!!!!!
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
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We are super excited to hear from @neurochemequeen.bsky.social and @g-fmcn.bsky.social about how they are using card games to spark scientific interest and conversations!! Can't wait to see you all on zoom next Wednesday the 26th
February 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We are super excited to hear from @neurochemequeen.bsky.social and @g-fmcn.bsky.social about how they are using card games to spark scientific interest and conversations!! Can't wait to see you all on zoom next Wednesday the 26th
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If you are here, then welcome to our community! We are excited to have you and to create space where everyone feels supported in science no matter their identity, appearance, or background.
These are three women in science who are putting their all into making this project come to life!...
These are three women in science who are putting their all into making this project come to life!...
February 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
If you are here, then welcome to our community! We are excited to have you and to create space where everyone feels supported in science no matter their identity, appearance, or background.
These are three women in science who are putting their all into making this project come to life!...
These are three women in science who are putting their all into making this project come to life!...
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Two weeks ago we wrote about why things had been relatively quiet from science activists
Things are changing — two separate protests are being planned, one by @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social and one by @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...
Things are changing — two separate protests are being planned, one by @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social and one by @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...
Young researchers mobilize to protest Trump administration’s science policies
Stunned by attacks on the scientific research system, early career scientists plan a D.C. demonstration and a national ‘Stand Up for Science’ event.
www.statnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Two weeks ago we wrote about why things had been relatively quiet from science activists
Things are changing — two separate protests are being planned, one by @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social and one by @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...
Things are changing — two separate protests are being planned, one by @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social and one by @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...
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No worries if you couldn't make it to our first panel with @jpflores.bsky.social and @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social on Highlighting Scientists through a podcast and children's book. We record all of our virtual panels, and you can watch the first one here: www.youtube.com/@scope-science
SCOPE
Science Communication and Outreach for Public Engagement (SCOPE) hosts monthly virtual panels where graduate students, post-docs, PIs, and science communicators talk about how they started and complet...
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February 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
No worries if you couldn't make it to our first panel with @jpflores.bsky.social and @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social on Highlighting Scientists through a podcast and children's book. We record all of our virtual panels, and you can watch the first one here: www.youtube.com/@scope-science
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Are you a scientist interested in science communication but don’t know where to start? Ever wonder how a graduate student has time for outreach projects?
Check out SCOPE! An org @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and I created! First panel on creating children’s books and podcasts is today at 1pm ET 😊🧪
Check out SCOPE! An org @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and I created! First panel on creating children’s books and podcasts is today at 1pm ET 😊🧪
January 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Are you a scientist interested in science communication but don’t know where to start? Ever wonder how a graduate student has time for outreach projects?
Check out SCOPE! An org @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and I created! First panel on creating children’s books and podcasts is today at 1pm ET 😊🧪
Check out SCOPE! An org @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and I created! First panel on creating children’s books and podcasts is today at 1pm ET 😊🧪